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Introduction
Botswana Commemorative Issues
Following Independence,
in 1966 only one set of four stamps was issued to
celebrate the Independence of the country.
A conservative policy was adopted that avoided a flood
of un-necessary issues that is the hallmark of many
Independent African States that started with Ghana
in 1957 and is mirrored by a relatively close neighbouring
country being Independent Lesotho.
Miniature Sheets
Issuing Miniature sheets
to accompany a set of commemorative stamps became
a Universal Philatelic gimmick that was an innovation
boosting the income of Philatelic Bureaus. Miniature
sheets essentially have no postal use and are simply
an instrument to ensure that a stamp collector buys
the same set of stamps twice.
The miniature sheets steadily evolved
into a philatelic curse of today and at first they
only included the same values that were issued in
sheet format.
Then they either included some of the values of a
set or a totally different design to the rest of the
set. Another gimmick was to use the same designs but
each stamp has a much higher denomination. Over the
years the sheetlets steadily grew in size and from
initially being square or rectangular, larger and
strange shapes were introduced.
Botswana Miniature
Sheets
Although Botswana Post
indulged itself with the miniature sheet market, they
extended a conservative policy that avoided the over-kill
that other African states resorted to. Since Independence
in 1966, in fifty years Botswana issued 52 miniature
sheets which is an average of one per annum.
In reality the numbers ranged from one per year to
as many as four in 2001 and there were several years
in which no miniature sheets appeared.
On 30 September 1968 the
first Botswana miniature sheet made its debut to commemorate
the Opening of the National Museum and
Art Gallery. |
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No 1 -
30 September 1968 - Opening
of National Museum and Art Gallery - SG MS
248 |
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The
Botswana National Museum,
also known as the National Museum and Art Gallery,
is located in the capital Gaborone and is a multi-disciplinary
institution that includes the National Art Gallery
and Octagon Gallery. It displays traditional Botswana
crafts and paintings and aims to celebrate the work
of local artists.
The museum was established in 1967 via an Act of
Parliament and it officially opened to the public
in 1968. The museum celebrated a year-long 40th
anniversary in 2008 under the banner of Museum
as Agents of Social Change and Development,
mirroring that used by the International Council
of Museums.
The museum is also involved with the
preservation of Tsodilo, the country's
first world heritage area, among other
efforts.
It is the caretaker of Tsholofelo Park,
the burial place of the
negro of Banyoles, known as El
Negro in Botswana, following the body's
return from the Darder Museum of Banyoles, in Spain.
This is the only Botswana MS Printed in Lithogravure
by
De La Rue |
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Christmas Stamps
accompanied by a miniature sheet Botswana introduced
an annual set of Christmas stamps that was usually
issued during November, but in some instances in
late October or in early December. The first set
made its debut on 11 November 1968 and the first
miniature sheet followed with the second Christmas
issue on 6 November 1969.
The designs of the Christmas stamps
slowly evolved from local people observing the Christmas
star to Nativity scenes and from 1974 the annual
set depicted the Flora of Botswana. From 1978 the
Christmas issues always included a symbolic emblem
representing the Christmas star. Three exceptions
to the flora theme are 1983 Dragonflies, 1984 Butterflies
and 2005 Doves and Pigeons.
The Annual Christmas stamp policy
includes six miniature sheets for 1969, 1970, 1971,
1972, 1974 and 1987.
The last annual Christmas set has a plant theme
and was issued on 30 November 1998.
A few erratic sets followed in 2004, 2005 and 2006
and no Christmas stamps have been seen since.
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No 2 - 6 November 1969
Christmas - SG
MS 260 |
MS
No 3 - 6 July 1970
Dickens - SG
MS 269 |
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MS
No 3 1970 Death Centenary of Charles Dickens,
this subject somehow does not really tally with Botswana,
however the accompanying miniature sheet is enhanced
by various ‘Dickens’ scenes around the margins
of the sheetlet. Designed
by V.
Whiteley
This is the only Botswana MS Printed in Lithogravure
by Walsall |
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No 2 - 1969 Christmas
Designed
by V.
Whiteley - Printed by Harrison |
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No 4 - 3 November 1970
Christmas - SG
MS 275 |
MS
No 5 - 11 November 1971
Christmas - SG
MS 289 |
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No's 4 and 5
- 1970 - 1971 Christmas
Both
Designed by A. Vale
- Printed by Questa |
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MS
No 6
21 August 1972
Runner Post
SG MS 298
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MS
No 6 - 1972 Mafeking - Gubulawayo Runner Post
This sheetlet reflects the entire historical route and
includes images of the Mafeking 638 Barred oval numeral
canceller (BONC)
A miniature version of the foregoing sheetlet was issued
in 1988 to mark the Centenary of that Postal Post (MS
No 21)
Sheetlet
designed by M. Bryan
Printed by A. & M. |
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Background History
A Postal Notice dated 28 July 1888 issued
at Vryburg by the Acting Postmaster General Ernest
C. Baxter announced that a mail service between Bechuanaland
and Matabeleland was to be established shortly. A
list of postal rates accompanied the notice. Five
postal agencies along the route would be opened. Each
office along with a postmaster would receive a date
stamp and a barred oval numeral canceller.
The
Offices, allocated BONC's and Postmasters were
KANYE 677 J. Williams
MOLEPOLOLE 674 Rev. S.J. Wookey
SHOSHONG 676 C. Austin
TATI 679 Sam Edwards
GUBULAWAYO 678 Rev. C.D. Helm
A postal notice dated 8 August 1888 issued by the
G.P.O. Cape Town, announced that the service would
commence on August 9th.
The Rev. John Smith Moffat organized the service;
he was the Assistant Commissioner of Bechuanaland
and the British agent in Gubulawayo.
During July and August 1888 he travelled north along
the mail route and reached Tati on the 15th. |
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No 7 - 6 November 1972
Christmas - SG
MS 303 |
MS
No 8 - 4 November 1973
Christmas - SG
MS 340 |
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No 7 & 8 - 1973
- 74 Christmas Both Designed
by M. Bryan
- Printed by Questa
The
1974 Christmas issue was the first in a series depicting
Botswana Flora |
MS
No 9 - 24
March 1975 Tenth Anniversary of Self Government
SG MS 345
Designed
by M. Bryan
- Printed by Questa
This Issue portrays
Sir Seretse Khama 1921 - 1980 - The First President
of Botswana
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Born into one of the
more powerful of the royal families of what was
then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and
educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and
in the United Kingdom, he returned home with a popular
but controversial bride to lead his country's independence
movement.
He founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962
and became Prime Minister in 1965. In 1966, Botswana
gained independence and Khama became its first president.
During his presidency, the country underwent rapid
economic and social progress.
Khama remained president
until his death from pancreatic cancer in 1980,
when he was succeeded by Vice President Quett Masire.
Forty thousand people paid their respects while
his body lay in state in Gaborone.
He was buried in the Royal Cemetery on a hill in
Serowe, Central District.
Sir Seretse Khama, speech of Chancellor
at University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
graduation ceremony, 15 May 1970
Botswana Daily News
- 19 May 1970 - Supplement
We were taught, sometimes in a very positive
way, to despise ourselves and our ways of life.
We were made to believe that we had no past to speak
of, no history to boast of. The past, so far as
we were concerned, was just a blank and nothing
more. Only the present mattered and we had very
little control over it. It seemed we were in for
a definite period of foreign tutelage, without any
hope of our ever again becoming our own masters.
The end result of all this was that our self-pride
and our self-confidence were badly undermined.
It should now be
our intention to try to retrieve what we can of
our past. We should write our own history books
to prove that we did have a past, and that it was
a past that was just as worth writing and learning
about as any other. We must do this for the simple
reason that a nation without a past is a lost nation,
and a people without a past is a people without
a soul.
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No 10 - 23 June
1975
Rock Paintings - SG
MS 350 - Designed by M.
Bryan - Printed by
Questa |
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Tsodilo
With one of the highest concentrations
of rock art in the world, Tsodilo has been called
the Louvre of the Desert.
Over 4,500 paintings are preserved in an area of only
ten square kms of the Kalahari Desert.
The archaeological record of the area gives a chronological
account of human activities and environmental changes
over at least 100,000 years.
Local communities in this hostile environment respect
Tsodilo as a place of worship frequented by ancestral
spirits.
Protection and management requirements
The site owned by the Government is currently protected
in terms of the Monuments & Relics Act 2001, and
by conditions of the Anthropological Research Act
1967, National Parks Act 1967, and Tribal Act 1968.
Declared a National Monument in 1927, the responsibility
for looking after Tsodilo Hills rests with the Department
of National Museum and Monuments in collaboration
with the Tsodilo Management Authority, an independent
advisory group comprising the Tsodilo Community Trust,
community based organizations, NGOs and selected critical
government based Departments.
To ensure the conservation of all the site attributes,
in 1997, a revised Integrated Management Plan was
developed and approved by stakeholders. An Integrated
management Plan detailing community initiatives was
developed in 2007 and currently being implemented
in the buffer area of the site. With the assistance
of the African World Heritage Fund, a Core Area Management
Plan was developed for the site in 2009.
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The
main objective of the previous and the current management
plans is to ensure the conservation of the values
of the site. In addition to the existing site office,
and the Tsodilo Management Authority Trust, the Government
has opened a regional Monument office to directly
oversee the implementation of the management plan
for the site.
Source UNESCO |
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No 11 - 28 June
1976
National Currency - SG
MS 366 - Designed by M.
Bryan - Printed by
Questa |
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The pula was introduced in 1976, replacing the South
African rand at par and despite a 12% devaluation
in May 2005, the pula remains one of the strongest
currencies in Africa.
Coins
In 1976, coins were introduced
in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe and
1 pula. The 1 thebe was struck in aluminum, with
the 5 thebe in bronze and the others in cupro-nickel.
These coins were round except for the scalloped
1 pula.
Bronze, dodecagonal 2 thebe coins were introduced
in 1981 and discontinued after 1985.
In 1991, bronze-plated steel replaced
bronze in the 5 thebe, nickel-plated steel replaced
cupro-nickel in the 10, 25 and 50 thebe and the
1 pula changed to a smaller, nickel-brass, equilateral-curve
seven-sided coin.
In 1994 a similarly shaped, nickel-brass
2 pula was introduced and in 2004,
the composition was changed to brass-plated steel
and the size was slightly reduced.
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In 1998,
following the withdrawal of the 1 and 2 thebe, smaller
5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe coins were introduced, with the
5 and 25 thebe coins being seven-sided and the 10 and
50 thebe coins remaining round. A bimetallic 5 pula
depicting a Mopane caterpillar and a branch of the Mopane
tree it feeds on was introduced in 2000 composed of
a cupronickel center in a ring made of aluminium-nickel-bronze.
In 2013 a new series of coins was introduced.
Banknotes
On 23 August 1976 the Bank of Botswana
introduced notes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, and 10
pula On 16 February 1978 a 20-pula
note followed . The 1 and 2 pula notes were replaced
by coins in 1991 and 1994.
On 29 May 1990 and 23 August 1993 the
first 50 and 100 pula notes were introduced respectively.
In 2000 the 5 pula note was replaced by a coin. The
original 1, 2 and 5 pula banknotes were demonetized
on 1 July 2011.
The latest series of notes was introduced on 23
August 2009 and contains for the first time,
a 200-pula banknote. Source Wikipedia |
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No 12 - 22
August 1977 Historical Monuments -
SG MS 405 - Designed
by M. Bryan
- Printed by John Waddington |
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4t Cwihaba Caves
Seen spelling Gcwihaba
Caves
A Tourist attraction in Ngamiland East
5t Khama Memorial
Is located on the northwest side of Serowe not far
from Thataganyane Hill
15t Green's Tree
Frederick Thomas (Fred) Green hailed from Montreal
in Canada. Born 4 April 1829 - Died 5 May 1876 and
was an explorer, hunter and trader
20t Mmajojo Ruins
Seen spelling Mamajojo
Ruins
This area was long ago occupied by the Bakgwatlheng,
who were displaced by the Bangwaketse and receded
west where they became part of the BaKgalagadi.
Some of the walls can still be found close to the
Seoke at the southern base of the hill. Some of the
area’s exquisite walls are still standing intact.
The well crafted stones and their quality have kept
the wall’s shape.
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25t
Ancient morabaraba board
It is claimed that Morabaraba boards carved in rock
are dated to be at least 800 years old, which would
exclude a European origin
35t Matsieng's footprint
South East from Gaborone, it features an elongated
human footprint and various animal spoor engravings
which are estimated to have been carved between
3,000 and 10,000 years ago. |
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No 13 - 11
September 1978 Okavango Delta -
SG MS 434 - Designed
by M. Bryan - Printed
by Questa |
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This
Issue is Printed on sand-grained paper which has an
uneven surface
The 5t value depicts an aerial view
of the Delta
indicating the localities of Tribes
The other values depict Tribal activities
4t Tawana making a Karos
15t Bushmen collecting roots
20t Herero woman milking
25t Yei poling mokoro (canoe)
35t Mbukushu fishing |
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No 15 - 23
February 1981 Insects - SG
MS 485 - Designed by M.
Bryan - Printed
by Government
Printer, Pretoria
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Six different Insects all depicted
on the bark of a tree
6t Dragonfly
7t Mantis
10t Grasshopper
20t Beetle
30t Butterfly
45t Moth larval
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No 14 - 11
June 1979 Handicrafts - SG
MS 448
Designed by M.
Bryan - Printed by Questa
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MS
No 16 - 20
July 1983 Traditional Artefacts -
SG MS 549
Designed by M.
Bryan - Printed by Mardon,
Zimbabwe |
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MS
No 17
30 December 1985
5th
Anniversary of SADC Conference
Traditional Foods
SG MS 576
Designed by K. Mosinyi
Printed by Mardon, Zimbabwe
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No 18 - 30
December 1985 Centenary of Declaration of Bechuanaland
Protectorate - SG
MS 594
Designed by
A. Campbell - Printed
by Mardon, Zimbabwe |
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Design of the miniature sheet inludes a map of Southern
Africa
indicating the position of present day Botswana bordering
Namibia to the North and West
Zimbabwe along its North-east side and
South Africa on the South-west and South
Four values depict
7t Mr Shippard and Chief Gaseitsiwe
of the Bangwaketse
15t Sir Charles Warren and Chief
Sechele of the Bakwena
25t Reverend Mackenzie and Chief
Khama of the Bamangwato
Map showing the Protectorate |
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No 19 - 30
September 1986 20th
Anniversary of Independence -
MS
603 -
Printed by Government
Printer, Pretoria
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Four
values
Only Issued in
Miniature Sheet Format
20t Map showing National Parks and Reserves
Designed by A. Campbell
20t Morupule Power Station
Designed by K.
Bogatsu
20t Cattle breeding in kgalagadi
Designed by K. Mosinyi
20t National Assembly Building
Designed by L. Marshall |
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No 20 - 26
October 1987 Christmas - Grasses and Sedges
SG MS 643 - Designed
by Julia Cairnes
Printed by National
Printing & Packing, Zimbabwe
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MS
No 22 - 5
July 1989 Slaty Egret - SG
MS 677
Designed by K.
Mosinyl
Printed by National
Printing & Packing, Zimbabwe
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No 23 - 1
August 1990 Traditional Dress -
SG MS 701
Designed
by K. Mosinyl
Printed by National
Printing & Packing, Zimbabwe
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MS
No 24 - 29
June 1992 De Luxe Railway Service -
SG MS 737
Designed by P.
Lodoen
Printed
by Harrison,
London |
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1995
A change of policy for Miniature sheets or sheetlets
1995 Endangered Species - the Brown Hyena,
the four stamps were printed in sheets of fifty and
in addition se-tenant strips of four were arranged
in a sheetlet of 16 with pictorial selvedge.
The foregoing is not
regarded as being a miniature
sheet. |
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Botswana
Post joins the trait of exploiting the stamp collector
as the connoisseur who desires all the available permutations
requires a set of single stamps, a se-tenant strip
plus a complete sheetlet. It requires the purchase
of six sets at a cost of 15 Pula instead of one set
at P2 50t.
MS No 27 1997 Golden Wedding of Queen Elizabeth
and Prince Philip, for the first time the
miniature sheet depicts a different design with a
top value of ten Pula. |
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MS
No 25 - 7
August 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona
SG MS 760 - Printed
by Harrison,
London
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No 27 - 22
September 1997 Royal Golden Wedding -
SG MS 876
Designed
by N. Shewring -
Printed by Questa
This is the first miniature sheet that incorporates
a different design and
value to the issued stamps |
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No 26 - 24
May 1993 Railway Centenary -
SG MS 775
Designed by P.
Lodoen - Printed
by Harrison,
London |
MS
No 30 - 17
August 1999 -
SG MS 903
Southern Africa Development Community Day |
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No 28 - 1
June 1998 Princess Diana Commemoration -
SG MS 889
Designed
by D. Miller -
Printed by Cartor,
France |
MS
No 29 - 28
September 1998 Botswana Weavers
SG MS 894
Designed
by M. McArthur -
Printed by Enschede |
Same
designs as issued Stamps - Face value of MS 10 Pula
- Issued stamps P5.85
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is the second miniature sheet that incorporates a
different
design and value to the issued stamps |
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MS
No 31
1 December 1999
Miss Universe - Mpule Kwelagobe
SG MS 910
Designed
by Seasky Design Studio
Printed
by Southern
Colour Print
Dunedin, New Zealand
This
was the first of its kind whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture.
As a result of the foregoing the individual stamps
appear somewhat disjointed
This gimmick was also used for the
2000 - 2003 Wetlands series and the
2001 Kgalagadi Wildlife Park,
but this miniature sheet
only incorporates two of the four designs |
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No 32 - 19
July 2000
Moths - SG
MS 920
Designed
by Donna McKenna
Printed
by Cartor,
France
The moth issue
simply incorporate
the stamps, but the surrounding area
is in the shape of a large moth
The foregoing idea was utilized again
in 2011 with four white Rhino stamps
set in a shape of one large animal |
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MS
No 33
6 December 2000
Wetlands 1st Series
Okavango Delta
SG MS 938
Designed by G. Ryan
Printed
by Enschede
This
is the second miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete |
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No 34 - 1
February 2001 - HONG KONG 2001 Stamp Exhibition
SG MS 938 Overprinted
with the Exhibition logo on the sheet margin
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No 34
1 February 2001
HONG KONG
2001 Stamp Exhibition
SG MS 938
Overprinted with the Exhibition logo
on the sheet margin |
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MS
No 35
12 May 2001
Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Wildlife Park
SG MS 948
Designed by Karen Odiam
Printed
by Cartor,
France
This
miniature sheet
only includes two of the
four issued stamps
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MS
No 39 - 12
November 2003
Beetles - SG MS 1008
Designed
by Dr M. Sctshogo
Printed
by Cartor,
France
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is the third miniature sheet that
incorporates a different design and value
to the issued stamps |
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No 36
30 July 2001
Traditional Baskets
SG MS 953
Designed by
C. Abbot
Printed by
Enschede |
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No 37
12 December 2001
Wetlands 2nd Series
Chobe River
SG MS 963
Designed by G. Ryan
Printed
by Enschede
This
is another miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete |
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MS
No 38
18 December 2002
Wetlands 3rd Series
Makgadikgadi
Pans
SG MS 999
Designed by G. Ryan
Printed
by Enschede
This
is another miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete |
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No 40
23 December 2003
Wetlands 4th Series
Limpopo River
SG MS 1014
Designed by G. Ryan
Printed
by Enschede
This
is another miniature sheet whereby
the stamps and the selvedge present
a complete picture
As a result, some stamps appear incomplete |
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MS
No 41
9 October 2004
First Joint SAPOA Issue
National Birds
SG MS 1027
Designed by Anja Denker
Printed
by Enschede
The P5.00 was also Printed in sheets
Joint Issues
of Southern Africa
Postal Operators Association Members
This marks the beginning of pictorial
miniature sheets with unusual shaped stamps
and the identical designs were issued by
other African countries
Also issued by Angola, Malawi,
Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland,
Zambia and Zimbabwe
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MS
No 42
25 October 2005
Endangered Species
Blackfooted Cat
SG MS 1044
Designed by Roger Gorringe
Printed
by Cartor,
France
This
somewhat oversized miniature sheet represents
another case of exploiting the collector by
including two sets of the issue instead of one
With a face value of 23 Pula instead of P11.50 |
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No 43
29 September 2006
40th Anniversary of Independence
SG MS 1061
Designed by Lucy Phalaagae
Printed by Enschede |
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MS
No 44
9 October 2007
Second Joint SAPOA
Issue
National Animals
SG
MS 1079
Designed by Anja Denker
Litho and Die-stamped
By Enschede |
MS
No 45
9 April 2010
Third Joint SAPOA
Issue
World Cup Football
SG MS 1146
Nine circular designs
Also issued by Lesotho,
Malawi, Mauritius,
Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Namibia took the unusual step of producing a second
miniature sheet with each stamp attributed to a
different country - in the following sequence
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South
Africa |
Zimbabwe |
| Malawi |
Swaziland |
Botswana |
| Mauritius |
Lesotho |
Zambia |
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MS
No 46
1 December 2010
Night Animals
SG
MS 1157
Designed by Ama Page
Litho Cartor |
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No 47 - 21
November 2011
Endangered Species - Southern White Rhinoceros - SG
MS 1174
Designed by Jacob Disele
- Printed
by Enschede
After the 2000 Moth issue, this is
the second large unusual shaped miniature sheet -
Because of its thematic appeal it is on offer by dealers
and EBay sellers
at a price well in excess of its current £5
catalogue value - A Dutch Internet Company prices
it at 15 Euros and a Buy It Now EBay
offer is £9.45! |
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No 48
20 June 2014
Lions of the Chobe
SG MS 1210
Designed
by Ngoni Wilson
Printed
by Southern
Colour Print
Dunedin, New Zealand
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MS
No 49
7 August 2014
Philakorea 2014 World Stamp
Exhibition
Seoul, South Korea
SG MS 1217
MS 1210 overprinted with Exhibition Logo
on sheet Margin |
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No 50 - July 2015
- SG MS 1230
Okavango Delta Wildlife - The same inscription
is printed on the reverse of each stamp |
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No 51
July 2015
SG MS 1239
African Buffalo in Botswana |
MS
No 52
September 2015
SG MS 1245
Save Botswana's Vultures
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No 53
20
November 2015
Vervet
Monkey in Botswana
SG
MS 1250
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MS
No 55
14
March 2016
Elephants
of Botswana
SG
MS 1256
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No 54
November
2015
Hong
Kong Exhibition
(Logo overprinted Vervet Monkey MS)
SG
MS 1251 |
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MS
No 56 & 57
10 - 15 August
2016
Thailand
Stamp Exhibition
Logo overprinted on previous MS
SG
MS 1269 & 1270 |
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MS
No 58
1 October 2016
Favourite Stamps of Five Decades SG MS 1276 |
MS
No 59
28 February 2017
Leopard in Botswana SG MS 1285 |
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MS
No 60
1 May 2017
Netball World Youth Cup
SG MS 1291
MS
No 61
1 August 2017
Bustards in Botswana
SG MS 1297 |
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All 61 issued
Miniature Sheets on display |
| Illustrations
by Otto Peetoom |
| No |
Year |
SG - MS |
Botswana Miniature
Sheets - Details |
Value |
| 1 |
1968 |
248 |
Opening of National
Museum and Art Gallery |
£1.00 |
| 2 |
1969 |
260 |
Christmas |
£1.00 |
| 3 |
1970 |
269 |
Death
Centenary of Charles Dickens |
£2.75 |
| 4 |
|
279 |
Christmas |
£1.00 |
| 5 |
1971 |
289 |
Christmas |
£1.00 |
| 6 |
1972 |
298 |
Mafeking
- Gubulawayo Runner route |
£11 |
| 7 |
|
303 |
Christmas |
£1.25 |
| 8 |
1974 |
340 |
Christmas |
£1.75 |
| 9 |
1975 |
345 |
Tenth
Anniversary of Self Government |
£1.00 |
| 10 |
|
350 |
Rock
Paintings, Tsodilo Hills |
£12 |
| 11 |
1976 |
366 |
First
National Currency |
£1.00 |
| 12 |
1977 |
405 |
Historical
Monuments |
£2.50 |
| 13 |
1978 |
434 |
Okavango
Delta |
£1.50 |
| 14 |
1979 |
448 |
Handicrafts |
£1.00 |
| 15 |
1981 |
485 |
Insects |
£2.50 |
| 16 |
1983 |
549 |
Traditional
Artefacts |
£3.75 |
| 17 |
1985 |
576 |
5th
Anniversary of SADC Conference |
£7 |
| 18 |
|
594 |
Centenary
of Bechuanaland Protectorate |
£14 |
| 19 |
1986 |
603 |
20th
Anniversary of Independence |
£3.75 |
| 20 |
1987 |
643 |
Christmas
- Grasses and Sedges |
£4.25 |
| 21 |
1988 |
656 |
Centenary
of Mafeking - Gubulawayo Runner Post |
£10 |
| 22 |
1989 |
677 |
Slaty
Egrets |
£3.25 |
| 23 |
1990 |
701 |
Traditional
Dress |
£9 |
| 24 |
1992 |
737 |
Deluxe
Railway Service |
£14 |
| 25 |
|
760 |
Olympic
Games - Barcelona |
£6 |
| 26 |
1993 |
775 |
Railway
Centenary |
£5 |
| 27 |
1997 |
876 |
Royal
Golden Wedding |
£4 |
| 28 |
1998 |
889 |
Diana, Princess of Wales Commemoration |
£2.50 |
| 29 |
|
894 |
Botswana
Weavers |
£3 |
| 30 |
1999 |
903 |
South
African Development Community Day |
£4 |
| 31 |
|
910 |
Miss
Universe |
£11 |
| 32 |
2000 |
920 |
Moths |
£7.50 |
| 33 |
|
938 |
Wetlands
1st Okavango Delta |
£7.50 |
| 34 |
2001 |
939 |
Hong
Kong 2001 Exhibition Overprint on MS938 |
£7.50 |
| 35 |
|
948 |
Kgalagadi
Wildlife Park |
£3.50 |
| 36 |
|
953 |
Traditional
Baskets |
£2.75 |
| 37 |
|
963 |
Wetlands
2nd Chobe River |
£7 |
| 38 |
2002 |
999 |
Wetlands
3rd Makgadikgadi Pans |
£8.25 |
| 39 |
2003 |
1008 |
Beetles |
£6 |
| 40 |
|
1014 |
Wetlands
4th Limpopo River |
£7 |
| 41 |
2004 |
1027 |
First
SAPOA National birds |
£13 |
| 42 |
2005 |
1044 |
Endangered
Species Black-footed Cat |
£8 |
| 43 |
2006 |
1061 |
40th
Anniversary of Independence |
£8.50 |
| 44 |
2007 |
1079 |
Second
SAPOA National Animals |
£7 |
| 45 |
2010 |
1146 |
Third
SAPOA World Cup Football |
£13 |
| 46 |
|
1157 |
Night
Animals |
£10 |
| 47 |
2011 |
1174 |
Endangered
Species White Rhinoceros |
£5 |
| 48 |
2014 |
1210 |
Lions
of the Chobe |
£6 |
| 49 |
|
1217 |
Philkorea
Stamp Exhibition Overprint
on MS1210 |
£5 |
50 |
2015 |
1230 |
Okavango Delta Wildlife |
|
51 |
|
1239 |
African Buffalo in Botswana |
|
52 |
|
1245 |
Save Botswana's Vultures |
|
53 |
|
1250 |
Vervet Monkey in Botswana |
|
54 |
|
1251 |
Hong Kong Exhibition Overprint
on MS1250 |
|
55 |
2016 |
1256 |
Elephants of Botswana |
|
56
& 57 |
|
1269 & 1270 |
Thailand Stamp Exhibition Overprint
on MS1250 & MS1256 |
|
58 |
|
1276 |
Favourite Stamps of Five Decades |
|
59 |
2017 |
1285 |
Leopard in Botswana |
|
60 |
|
1291 |
Netball World Youth Cup |
|
61 |
|
1297 |
Bustards of Botswana |
|
|
| |
Botswana Commemorative
1993 - 2016 |
Botswana
Booklets & Postage Dues |
|
|
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